whats your favourite scholarly insult
Big fan of "so and so claims X, but evidence says otherwise"
BIG fan of "it is tempting to think-"
Came across a really good one today:
"but upon more rigorous inspection, we find-"
I love academics going scorched earth. "It's tempting to think X" is a declaration of war
All of the examples in the notes are very good, but this one made me yell 'oh SHIT'















